Rug or carpet beater



April 24, 1928- 1,667,605

D. P. RANSOM I RUG OR CARPET BEAIER Filed March '7. 1925 INVENTOR DJPJiaw m, M K

ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 24, 1928.

UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

. DANIEL PARKE RANSOM, or woonsrocx, VERMONT,

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Application filed March 7, 1925. 7 Serial No. 18,870.

This invention aimsto provide an improved rug or carpet beater which is of extremely simple and durable 'CODStI'LlCtlOI],

which is comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, which .may be easily operated without the expenditure of laborious effort and without the application of electrical or mechanical power, andwhich is effective to thoroughly beat the rug or carpet to the end 10 of expelling dirt, dust, grit, sand and other foreign matter therefrom without injuring or wearing the rug orcarpet.

Other objects and advantages reside in certain novel features of the construction,

' arrangement and combination of parts which willbe hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of 20 this specification, and in which:

F1gure 1 1s a fragmentary perspective view showlng one embodiment of the 1nvention,

Figure 2 is a view taken partly in front elevation and partly in section on line 22 of Figure 3, and

Figure 3 is a View in' section on line 3-3 of Figure 2, Figure 3 also showing a section of a rug and illustrating how the beater constituting the present invention coacts therewith.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates a rotary heating element which is elongated and of polygonal and preferably octagonal form in cross section so that the periphery of the beating element presents ridges 2 and flat plane beating surfaces 3 The surfaces 3 probetween the ridges.

vide heating means for the carpet or rugand the ridges 2 provide means causing the heating means to rise and fall whereby to engage with or to be diseng carpet or rug.

aged from the The rotary beating element is provided at its ends with sockets 4 in which trun- 4, nions-5 of a wire or other suitable frame designated generally at 6 are rotatably fitted. The frame 6 has a looped attaching portion 7 fitted ina socket 8 provided in a handle 9. A ferrule 10 encases the end of the handle in which the socket 8 is formed and the ferrule is held inv place by a pin 11 which also traverses the looped attaching portion 7 to hold the frame to the handle.

In use the rotary heating element 1 is applied to the reverse or underside of a carpet or rug as shown in Figure 3. In Figure 8 the carpet or rug is designated generally at A, its backing is designated at- B and its pileor facing at C. As shown the rotary beating element 1 is applied to and'engages the backing B of the carpet and as the beater is pushed across the backing the ridges 2 causeit to rise and fall and cause the fiat beating surfaces 3 to forcibly strike the carpet and thereby beat or expel the dirt or dust therefrom. Of course the carpet A is suitably supported and stretched out fiat when the beater is used. While the beater is very effective to thoroughly clean the carpet or rug, it does not wear or impair the appearance of the same since it engages the back and not the pile or facing of the carpet or rug.

I claim:

A rug or carpet beater comprising a rotary-beating element of polygonal form in cross section and having a continuous un- DANIEL PARKE RANSOM. 

